Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

He was

General references

Bible References

He was

Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet He did not open His mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
He did not open His mouth.

As a

Psalm 44:11
You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.
Jeremiah 11:19
for I was like a docile lamb led to slaughter.
I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:
“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;
let’s cut him off from the land of the living
so that his name will no longer be remembered.”
Jeremiah 12:3
As for You, Lord, You know me; You see me.
You test whether my heart is with You.
Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter
and set them apart for the day of killing.
Jeremiah 51:40
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams together with male goats.
Romans 8:36
As it is written:
Because of You
we are being put to death all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

And like

John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.
1 Peter 2:21
For you were called to this,
because Christ also suffered for you,
leaving you an example,
so that you should follow in His steps.

Opened

Psalm 39:2
I was speechless and quiet;
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.
Matthew 26:62
The high priest then stood up and said to Him, “Don’t You have an answer to what these men are testifying against You?”
Luke 23:34
[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.
John 18:9
This was to fulfill the words He had said: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

General references

Numbers 7:39
one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Matthew 27:12
And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He didn’t answer.

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